Miss America 1935, the ninth Miss America pageant, was held at the Steel Pier in Atlantic City, New Jersey on Saturday, September 7, 1935, following a one-year hiatus. Upon arrival in Atlantic City, contestants were strongly encouraged to exhibit some form of talent during the pageant, which was a first for the pageant. Aside from Henrietta Leaver, Miss Pittsburgh winning the Miss America crown, entrants from Pennsylvania placed as three of the nine semi-finalists.
Judges included: Louis St. John (president of the Atlantic City Chamber of Commerce), Nils Granlund (of New York), Vincent Trotta (art director at Paramount Pictures), Elias Goldensky (photographer in Philadelphia), Walter Thornton, Willard Van der Veer (Academy Award winner for cinematography), and Giuseppe Donato (sculptor).
Results Placements Placement Contestant Miss America 1935 Pittsburgh – Henrietta Leaver 1st Runner-Up – Edna Smith 2nd Runner-Up – Jeane Megerle Top 12 Baltimore – Frances Stine Burlington – Mary Dillinger – Virginia Hope Donham – Helen Loyce Clum – Elizabeth Hull New Haven – Ruth Stuart Rubin – Vera Hall Norristown – Helen Keaser – Libby Koehler – Jean Kathryn McCool – Lenora Pollock
Contestants +LocationNameHometownAgeTalentPlacementAwards AtlantaLaRue WilsonAtlanta BaltimoreFrances StineBaltimoreTop 12BirminghamAdelynn OwenBirminghamBloomfieldMildred HughesBridgeport, CTSonia BanksBridgeportBridgeport, PALoretta Gale TarleBridgeportBridgetonGeraldine HesterBridgetonBrooklynGrace TravisBrooklynPianoBurlingtonMary DillingerBurlingtonVocal, "Every Little Moment"Top 12 CaliforniaVirginia DonhamSan FranciscoVocal, "Chlo-e" & "I Ain't Got Nobody"Top 12CamdenLena MelamedCamden ClevelandEleanore PapinCleveland CincinnatiBeatrice PfeifferCincinnatiVocal ConnecticutMargaretta KlingNew HavenPreliminary Swimsuit AwardConshohockenHelen Rita SkellyConshohockenDelaware CountyFlorence CarmanUpper DarbyDes MoinesConnie RosefieldDes Moines18 District of ColumbiaHelen Clum18Vocal & Dance, "Every Day I'll In Love With You"Top 12 FloridaElizabeth HullPlant CityVocal Medley, "East of the Sun" & "When I Grow too Old to Dream"Top 12Greater HartfordVeronica Turosky HartfordMargaret HolmesHartfordHillsideDorothy WainwrightHillside KentuckyJean MegerleFort Thomas18Vocal/Acrobatic Dance, "I'll Never Say Never Again"2nd runner-upLake HopatcongAnn GoldenLeominsterRita Mae KingLeominster MaineEdith Lucresa SmithMayfairMargie GodwinPhiladelphia MinnesotaMildred BarrettMarshall MississippiLeFrance BoyettSumner MissouriEdna SmithFayette19Piano/Vocal, "Prelude No. 20" by Chopin & "When Day is Done"1st runner-upMontgomery CountyMarie BaumgardNorristownMount HollyEsther MooreMount HollyNewarkAnn HarveyNewarkNew HavenRuth S. RubinNew HavenTop 12 New JerseyNorine HughesGlen Ridge New YorkVera HallThe BronxTop 12NorristownHelen KeaserNorristownVocal Medley, "Tell Me That You Love Me Tonight" & "You're a Heavenly Thing"Top 12Penns GroveElizabeth KoehlerPenns GroveVocal Medley, "Without a Song" & "Roll Out of Bed With a Smile"Top 12 PhiladelphiaJean McCoolPhiladelphiaVocal Medley, "Lovely to Look At" & "Little Things You Used to Do"Top 12PittsburghHenrietta LeaverPittsburgh19Vocal/Tap Dance, "Living in a Great Big Way"WinnerPoughkeepsieLaura BakerPoughkeepsieProvidenceBeatrice McKenzieProvidence QuincyMary StanleyQuincy Rhode IslandMarianne Ranallo GrassoRiversideOthelia MarchRiversideScrantonAlice BrownScrantonTamaquaClaire SpirtTamaqua TennesseeSarah BeardDicksonWest OrangeAnn HalkoWest OrangeWest PhiladelphiaLenora PollockWest PhiladelphiaVocal, Piano, Banjo, & Dance, "Dark Eyes" & "My Man"Top 12West WarwickLeona MuchaWest WarwickWilkes-BarreGertrude SchappertWilkes-BarreWoodburyThelma FouksWoodbury
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External links Miss America official website